723.2515/3278: Telegram
The Ambassador in Chile (Culbertson) to the Secretary of State
[Paraphrase]
Santiago, March 6,
1929—noon.
[Received 1:45 p.m.]
[Received 1:45 p.m.]
28. Opposition of Chile to a separate port at Arica under the sovereignty of Peru is due in part to the fear that Peru might extend the Tacna-Arica railroad to connect with the La Paz railroad at a point beyond the Bolivian frontier, thus making possible an agreement between Bolivia and Peru which would destroy the trade of Arica. Furthermore, Chile asserts that Chile’s claim for damages is as large as Peru’s.
Copy sent to Embassy in Peru.
Culbertson